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The Image
Requires Both.

The church has been trapped in the wrong debate for too long.
Kingdom Equalist is the third way.

"Equal but not the same. Not the same, but from the same source."

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The Debate That Divides

The Church Has Been Forced
to Choose Between Two Incomplete Answers.

Two camps. Two sets of proof texts. Two ways of reading the same Scripture. And neither one fully represents the image of God.

View One

Complementarianism:
"Different but Ranked"

Men and women are equal in worth but different in rank. God established a permanent hierarchy where men are called to lead and women to follow. The danger is this: source becomes the justification for rule, and the gifts God placed in the female half of the Imago Dei are suppressed. When you suppress half the image, you lose half the revelation of God.

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Egalitarianism:
"Equal and Interchangeable"

Men and women are fully equal in roles and function. The commission is shared, and that much is right. But the push toward sameness treats gender as incidental. That "gender-blindness" erases the distinct, powerful beauty of male and female expression. You cannot have a one-flesh union if the two halves are identical. Sameness is not wholeness.

The Third Way

Kingdom Equalism is not a compromise.
It is a recovery.

This is not about rights. It is not about sameness. It is about Full Representation. The Imago Dei is male and female, not male or female. When the church operates with only half the image, it is not just missing a gender. It is missing a revelation of the Godhead.

Complementarianism

"Different but Ranked"

  • Equal in worth, different in rank
  • Permanent male authority structure
  • Source justifies rule
  • Female gifts often suppressed
  • Authority flows one direction
  • Half the image active
The Third Way

Kingdom Equalism

"Equal, Distinct, Unified"

  • Equal in worth and commission
  • Distinct in expression and design
  • Same source, unified mission
  • Both halves of the image fully active
  • Authority is corporate, not ranked
  • Full representation of the Imago Dei
  • Not fairness. Wholeness.

Egalitarianism

"Equal and Interchangeable"

  • Equal in worth and roles
  • Gender treated as incidental
  • Sameness over distinction
  • Distinct beauty erased
  • One-flesh requires two distinct halves
  • Half the image erased

God is not a man. God is not a woman. Because God is not a human. Humanity is made in God's image. Males and females equally represent that image. When I settle for a lopsided representation, I am not just missing a gender. I am missing a revelation of the Godhead.

From the Book

A Movement, Not Just a Book

What It Means to Be an Equalitarian

"Equalitarian" is the older word. It predates "egalitarian" by nearly fifty years, appearing in print as early as 1837. Caleb Hyers recovers this word because the older English root carries none of the French Revolutionary baggage that came later. Kingdom Equalism is not a political movement. It is a biblical one.

An Equalitarian Believes...

That male and female are equal in worth, equal in commission, and distinct in expression. Neither ranked above the other. Neither collapsed into sameness. Both drawn from the same source. Both required to fully represent the image of God. Both blessed. Both commissioned. Both necessary.

An Equalitarian Rejects...

The idea that source justifies rule. The idea that sameness equals fairness. The idea that the church can present a radiant Bride to a returning King while operating with only half the Imago Dei active. A church that suppresses the gifts of half its people is not fully itself. That is not a small problem. That is a theological one.

Caleb Hyers

About the Author

Caleb Hyers

Caleb Hyers is the senior leader and church planter of The Resting Place Apostolic Family, a multi-campus church in Tampa Bay, FL. He is a published author with 5 Fold Media, a traveling speaker throughout the United States, and a leadership team member of Awaken The Dawn, a national ministry organization.

His previous books include The Wild, Weird and Wonderful Ways of Yahweh, Common Unity, Lead Worshiper, and Living in Dependenceville. Kingdom Equalist is his most theologically ambitious work: a call to the church to put the image back together before the King returns.

He is a husband to Jamaris and a father to Judah Levi, Shiloh Elijah, and Solomon Ray.

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